Kim Jong-un aunt is still alive, says South Korean intelligence

Once-influential aunt of North Korean leader who has been missing from public
view for months not dead, says South Korean spy agency

Kim Kyong-hui, centre, Kim Jong Il's younger sister, at a party convention in Pyongyang in 2010Photo: 2010 Korean News Service

AFP

11:52AM GMT 24 Feb 2015

The once powerful aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is still alive despite her extended absence from public view since her husband was executed, South Korea's spy agency said on Tuesday.

The whereabouts and status of Kim Kyong-Hui, 68, have been a focus of media attention after her husband Jang Song-Thaek was executed in late 2013 on an array of charges, including treason and corruption.